Adjusting Federal Safety Oversight for Gas Pipelines Within Industrial Plants.
This bill modifies the definition of “transporting gas,” excluding specific, short-distance gas piping systems located entirely within industrial plants or extending up to one mile outside their boundaries from federal pipeline safety regulations. This change aims to clarify regulatory authority, meaning the safety of these localized plant systems will fall under different regulatory bodies or standards than major transmission lines.
Key points
Internal gas piping systems used by industrial plants are removed from federal pipeline safety oversight.
This exclusion also applies to short transfer pipes extending less than 1 mile outside the plant grounds used to support plant operations.
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